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Comment · 1 year ago
NVIDIA, Disney Research and Google DeepMind release Newton, an open-source, extensible physics engine to advance robot learning and development. Compatible with MuJoCo Playground or NVIDIA Isaac Lab, it is an open-source, unified framework for robot learning.
Comment · 3 years ago
4) They have enormous fines to payout 5) This was mostly backoffice not consultants
Comment · 3 years ago
Apparently mostly back office
Comment · 4 years ago
Getting that sort of range is not common. Most of it is line of sight. Sat comms work far at sea where VHF is useless. With ARES, you are relying on an inconsistent volunteer network with spotty results by location and time.

I'm a licensed ham and have worked emergency events. I would not rely upon this if my life depended on it.

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Comment · 4 years ago
All pilots, private and commercial, have to learn this. I taught it to my kids driving to school when they were in elementary school.
Comment · 4 years ago
Your comment belittles the hard work Vint puts in every day. He could easily retire but is still amazingly energetic and engaged. Downvoted.
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
He teaches occasionally at Harvard, usually a short course. This is covered under the subsection "Teaching might be the answer."
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Comment · 6 years ago
I’ve seen Dan Bricklin in the local Whole Foods on several occasions. I want to yell out: “see that guy! He changed the world!” but then I let him pick an avocado in peace.
Comment · 6 years ago
So is the only reason to change filters to avoid blockage and reduced airflow but not filtering capacity?

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